Hunan Fireworks Factory Explosion: Province-Wide Production Halt and Rectification
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, China, resulted in 26 deaths and 61 injuries. In response, all fireworks and firecracker factories across Hunan Province have ceased operations for comprehensive safety rectification starting from the 5th.
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, 6th) An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan, China on the 4th, resulting in 26 deaths and 61 injuries. Hunan Province's fireworks and firecracker enterprises began a comprehensive production halt and rectification from the 5th. In addition, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing also visited the accident site to guide emergency rescue and disposal work.
According to Xinhua News Agency, from the Hunan Provincial Emergency Management Department, it was learned that from the 5th, all fireworks and firecracker enterprises in Hunan Province would comprehensively halt production and rectify to fully prevent and eliminate various safety hazards.
This production halt and rectification will focus on production, operation, transportation, display, and export links, with key inspections on issues such as enterprises' "three excesses and one change" (e.g., exceeding limits in production, storage, sales, and unauthorized changes), subcontracting and sub-subcontracting, producing and operating over-standard or prohibited products, and multiple shareholders engaging in independent production.
At the same time, the requirements of "five batches" will be strictly implemented, including severely cracking down on a batch of illegal and unlawful acts; closing and withdrawing a batch of illegal operating units; clearing and destroying a batch of over-standard and prohibited products; concentrating exposure on a batch of typical cases; and circulating notices and conducting interviews with a batch of prominent problem areas, to ensure that illegal and unlawful acts in the fireworks and firecracker industry are effectively rectified.
In addition, a large-scale investigation and rectification of safety production hazards will be further carried out in Hunan Province, with net-like inspections in key industries to plug loopholes, consolidate responsibilities, and fully improve the inherent safety level, strictly guarding red lines and bottom lines.
The Chinese State Council has established an investigation team, and Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing visited the accident site on the 5th to guide emergency rescue and disposal work, demanding a deep promotion of the "crackdown on illegal activities and governance of violations" in the fireworks and hazardous chemicals industries, severely cracking down on acts such as exceeding personnel limits, chemical quantities, licensing scope, and design capacity, and improving the quality and efficiency of investigations and rectifications, and absolutely not "substituting fines for management." (Edited by Lu Chia-Jung / Chen Kai-Yu) 1150506
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, 6th) An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan, China on the 4th, resulting in 26 deaths and 61 injuries. Hunan Province's fireworks and firecracker enterprises began a comprehensive production halt and rectification from the 5th. In addition, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing also visited the accident site to guide emergency rescue and disposal work.
According to Xinhua News Agency, from the Hunan Provincial Emergency Management Department, it was learned that from the 5th, all fireworks and firecracker enterprises in Hunan Province would comprehensively halt production and rectify to fully prevent and eliminate various safety hazards.
This production halt and rectification will focus on production, operation, transportation, display, and export links, with key inspections on issues such as enterprises' "three excesses and one change" (e.g., exceeding limits in production, storage, sales, and unauthorized changes), subcontracting and sub-subcontracting, producing and operating over-standard or prohibited products, and multiple shareholders engaging in independent production.
At the same time, the requirements of "five batches" will be strictly implemented, including severely cracking down on a batch of illegal and unlawful acts; closing and withdrawing a batch of illegal operating units; clearing and destroying a batch of over-standard and prohibited products; concentrating exposure on a batch of typical cases; and circulating notices and conducting interviews with a batch of prominent problem areas, to ensure that illegal and unlawful acts in the fireworks and firecracker industry are effectively rectified.
In addition, a large-scale investigation and rectification of safety production hazards will be further carried out in Hunan Province, with net-like inspections in key industries to plug loopholes, consolidate responsibilities, and fully improve the inherent safety level, strictly guarding red lines and bottom lines.
The Chinese State Council has established an investigation team, and Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing visited the accident site on the 5th to guide emergency rescue and disposal work, demanding a deep promotion of the "crackdown on illegal activities and governance of violations" in the fireworks and hazardous chemicals industries, severely cracking down on acts such as exceeding personnel limits, chemical quantities, licensing scope, and design capacity, and improving the quality and efficiency of investigations and rectifications, and absolutely not "substituting fines for management." (Edited by Lu Chia-Jung / Chen Kai-Yu) 1150506
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